In case you are an employee of a big corporation or you’re sharing your computer with a co-worker, you certainly know how hard it is to keep your personal stuff safe – or how easily can you peak at others’ personal data too. Whether it’s your YouTube music preferences or your favorite memes pages, employees should avoid snooping around other people’s private businesses. But even if you have an unquenchable desire to take a peek at your Facebook feed every once in a while, employers may still give you a hard time about these small bits of levities, particularly if you’re using your workplace’s internet service. The best course of action for you to take is assuring a healthy relationship with your employer and your co-workers, while implementing some safety actions without them knowing.
Before you start looking over your shoulder or moving your desk to the far-end corner of the office, keep in mind that there are a couple of alternative methods you can use. If you’re an avid Best Reviews reader you know how our first suggestion would be to get a VPN. If you’re not (first of all: what’s wrong with you?!) then you should learn about VPNs and how they can help you in various manners. As a very brief insight: they encrypt your information and let you access blocked and foreign websites. By connecting to a VPN server, you take on that server’s IP location rather than that of your employer. This way you become anonymous to both your employer and the website you’re visiting, while protecting any personal data you’re sharing with that site thanks to the rock-solid encryption. The neat thing is that you can easily do this using your phone too, since VPN providers‘ apps allow you to use the same heavily encrypted VPN connections while connected to your employer’s internet connection.
For now we’ll leave VPNs in their corner and give some additional tips outside this league. First of all, consider using a private browser window every time you’re planning a break, hunting for cute kitten videos on YouTube. Although the ISP and network owner (aka your employer) will still be able to see what you’re up to, your search history, cookies and all traceable features will be disabled, which will prevent your late night shift colleague to check on the history of your browsing session. This is particularly useful for those who are employed by big corporations with dozens of computers, as the online report accessed by your boss only show the general list of websites visited by all the workers, which makes it especially hard to pinpoint websites that you visited.
You should also consider disabling your browser’s ability to save the history or customize it to delete everything as soon as you close it. In addition, you can always connect to the guest Wi-Fi network of the building – in case it’s available – rather than using the one provided for employees. Moreover, if you work in a company that actually uses a VPN, try disconnecting and activating it on your mobile device for instance.
Last but not least, the best advice we can give is to stay self-conscious and be aware that your employer may be snooping on you, especially if you’re using the company’s internet. Thus you should always be on guard when taking a little “break”.
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